7 best-selling womens books like Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton by Gail Crowther

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Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton

By: Gail Crowther

3.80

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

A vividly rendered and empathetic exploration of how two of the greatest poets of the 20th century—…

"Perhaps the sadness here is that Plath and Sexton somehow could not quite gather the strength to truly believe in their self-worth, and in the end neither gave themselves time to."

-Gail Crowther, Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton

If you liked the womens plot in Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton by Gail Crowther , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Ariel: The Restored Edition

By: Sylvia Plath , Frieda Hughes

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

Sylvia Plath's famous collection, as she intended it. When Sylvia Plath died, she not only left beh… read more

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  • poetry
  • feminism
Cover of Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts by Sylvia Plath

2. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts

By: Sylvia Plath

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

"What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination.... If I sit still and don't do anythin… read more

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  • poetry
Cover of Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters by Anne Sexton, Lois Ames

3. Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters

By: Anne Sexton , Lois Ames

4.08

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

An expression of an extraordinary poet's life story in her own words, this book shows Anne Sexton a… read more

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  • poetry
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • writing
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4. The Complete Poems

By: Anne Sexton , Maxine Kumin

4.08

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the i… read more

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  • poetry
  • feminism
  • womens
Cover of Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 by Elizabeth Winder

5. Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

By: Elizabeth Winder

3.35

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

Pain, Parties, Workby Elizabeth Winder is a compelling look at a young Sylvia Plath and the life-ch… read more

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  • poetry
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Sylvia Plath: A Biography by Linda Wagner-Martin

6. Sylvia Plath: A Biography

By: Linda Wagner-Martin

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first biography of Sylvia Plath to draw on unpublished journals and letters, Sylvia Plath provi… read more

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  • poetry
  • biography
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens

7. The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes

By: Janet Malcolm

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the moment it was first published in The New Yorker, this brilliant work of literary criticism… read more

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8. The Female Eunuch

By: Jennifer Baumgardner , Germaine Greer

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

The clarion call to change that galvanized a generation. When Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuchwas… read more

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9. Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted

By: Andrew Wilson

3.96

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

A new biography of Sylvia Plath, a literary icon who continues to haunt, fascinate, and enthrall ev… read more

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10. On Women

By: Susan Sontag

3.61

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A pithy and brilliant introduction to Susan Sontag’s writing on women, gathering early essays on ag… read more

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  • feminism
  • womens
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Dividing time into Past, Present, and Future suggests that reality is distributed equally among three parts, but in fact the past is the most real of all. The future is, inevitably, an accumulation o…"

-Susan Sontag, On Women

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11. Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath

By: Heather Clark

4.58

Format: 1154 pages, ebook

The first biography of this great and tragic poet that takes advantage of a wealth of new material,… read more

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  • poetry
  • history
  • biography
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • audiobook
"I lust for him, and in my mind I am ripped to bits by the words he welds and wields...and glory in the temporary sun of his ruthless force."

-Heather Clark, Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath

"She was, [Wilfrid Riley] recalled, "a very clever person, but you couldn't be at ease with her some way. She wasn't with you. She was up in the clouds, always studying poetry, what have you . . . You…"

-Heather Clark, Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath

Cover of Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A. by Lili Anolik

12. Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.

By: Lili Anolik

3.58

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Los Angeles in the 1960s and 70s was the pop culture capital of the world—a movie factory, a music … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
Cover of Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy by Elizabeth Beller

13. Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

By: Elizabeth Beller

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in thi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

14. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Cover of Carson McCullers: A Life by Mary V. Dearborn

15. Carson McCullers: A Life

By: Mary V. Dearborn

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The first major biography in more than twenty years of one of America’s greatest writers, based on … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
Cover of The World According to Joan Didion by Evelyn McDonnell

16. The World According to Joan Didion

By: Evelyn McDonnell

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential w… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • writing
Cover of Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton by Gail Crowther

17. Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton

By: Gail Crowther

3.80

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

A vividly rendered and empathetic exploration of how two of the greatest poets of the 20th century—… read more

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  • poetry
  • history
  • biography
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • womens
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"Perhaps the sadness here is that Plath and Sexton somehow could not quite gather the strength to truly believe in their self-worth, and in the end neither gave themselves time to."

-Gail Crowther, Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton

Cover of The Last Confessions of Sylvia P. by Lee Kravetz

18. The Last Confessions of Sylvia P.

By: Lee Kravetz

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

"Lee Kravetz has created a bit of a miracle, a plot-driven literary puzzle box whose mystery lives … read more

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  • poetry
  • audiobook
Cover of Tierra fresca de su tumba by Giovanna Rivero

19. Tierra fresca de su tumba

By: Giovanna Rivero

3.86

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Los extraños y maravillosos cuentos de Tierra Fresca de su Tumba nos arrojan a lugares desconocidos… read more

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"Nuestra casa era una prodigiosa zarza ardiente que lamía los troncos de los árboles y avanzaba como una legión por el huerto. Supe que el sonido de esa crepitación descomunal era el de todos los esqu…"

-Giovanna Rivero, Tierra fresca de su tumba

Cover of Belly Up: Stories by Rita Bullwinkel

20. Belly Up: Stories

By: Rita Bullwinkel

3.85

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Belly Up is a story collection that contains ghosts, mediums, a lover obsessed with the sound of ha… read more

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  • feminism
Cover of Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation by Emily Van Duyne

21. Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation

By: Emily Van Duyne

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A nuanced, intelligent, and passionate exploration of the life and work of one of the most misunder… read more

Similar categories in Emily Van Duyne's Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation book and Gail Crowther's Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton

  • poetry
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • womens
"What follows is my best effort to shed as much light as possible on events that have not simply been forgotten or left in the dark, but relegated to the attic, or the ash can, or the metaphorical dar…"

-Emily Van Duyne, Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation

8 best-selling audiobook books like Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton by Gail Crowther

Transform Your Habits

On Women

Susan Sontag

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath

Heather Clark

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.

Lili Anolik

3.58

Transform Your Habits

Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

Elizabeth Beller

3.86

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7 must-read history books like The World According to Joan Didion by Evelyn McDonnell

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The White Album

Joan Didion

4.05

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Where I Was From

Joan Didion

3.87

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Miami

Joan Didion

3.68

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The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

Olivia Laing

4.07

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